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GOLDSBORO HERALD xs "Wayne County's Leading Weekly Newspaper' VOLUME XIL Numb«f 10. Goldsboro, N- C. Thursday, Dsctmlwr 24, 1938. IT Me* S Cm* ntoland R. Gardner Disappears From his Home in this County »• _ Officers Have Been Asked to Aid in Locating Young * Brogden Man HE WAS LAST SEEN * HERE-SATURDAY P. M. He Is Man oi Fine Character; No Enemies; Fear Accident ft Or Foul Play Officer* tl .oughout the state have been asked to aid in locating Roland H Gatdr.ei-. young white] man of Dudley, route 1 who dis appeared Saturday night and ha* not been heard of since. Young Gardner is a man of ster ling qualities and highly regarded in the community where he lives In the Genoa section <>f Brogden toynahip. He makes his home with h ? |3£hi other and suiters on the farm Saturday night about 8 o'clock he yVjtbooe to come jo Golc^otv nfl dot* ttWi no trace has boon 1 **tmd of hl.n, except It was learned that he visited a local har sher *hop about 10 o'clock and got y a haircut His people arc anxiou* about him. He U a quiet home-loving man 31 years of age, who has never but once in hit life spent a night away from home without telling hi* peopla of his Intention of doing So That one time was when he -went to a distant town to aell pro duce and did not dispose of it in time to get hack home So far as is known ho ha* no enemies who would harm him and his people are at o loss to under stand his absence. They can think oi no reason why lie should have * jWtft of his own accord, and they 14«r that he has met with accident or foul play. Officers have been asked to aid ft locating him and it is expected that the radio will carry a message of his absence. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs pounds is slim, has dark hair, and has a dark spot in left eye. He was driving a 1934 Chevrolet sedan when he left home Saturday. Rosewood Bus Struck By Car Late Thursday Fifteen Children Escaped Injury; Superintendent Wilson Issues Warning A bus of the Rosewood School, three miles west of Goldsboro, in ■which fifteen children 'were riding was struck by an automobile near the Johnston County line late Thursday and was slightly dam aged. but the children escapee, in jury, The automobile driven by a traveling salesman named Hollo •»an, turned over on its side in a deep ditch by the side of the road, •nd was badly damaged. Mr. Holloman said that he saw the bos rear door close and thought It was going to continue on ir. the «me direction he was traveling. ist as he started to pass, the bus fumed into a lore, its regular route, und the car crashed into the front of the bus This was the second time this week that an accident has occurred lil^his county when a driver start ed to pass a school bus that had stopped. A few days ago a child was knocked down when she got off of a school bus. but not seriuus lt^. injured Superintendent .1. W. iPtaon of the Wayne County School* gaid that drivers are in structed to obtain the number of ery c0r and truck they see fnil to observe the state law recjuir "S traffic to stop when approach-1 ln8 school buses stopped on the highway. “This morning we cum PHed the names ar.d addreaaeu of twenty people who have been re «rted as violating the act during ! paat month.” he said. Sirui ■<r John K. Bridgers Is Representative For Baugh Guanos Mr. Drldfrr* U Well Kiutti A> Fertiliser D«>)tr In This Srr lion of SU.tr Mr John K. Bridgets, one of Goldsboros outstanding fertilizer men, is now in charge of this terri tory fnr Baugh’s fertilizer* H.s territory consist.- of Wayne. John ston. Wake Wilson and jsnrts of Nash. Greene and Sampson coun ties Mr Bridgers has become well and favorably known for the man ner In which he handled the busi ness of the Eastern Fertilizer Cor poration in this territory, for many years past Baugh's is the oldest fertilizer ciynyeny in’*America and ca espec ially known for its quality animal bone products Mr Bridgers warehouse and of fice ia located at 6PO North James street across the track* from the Southern freight depot He asks that the farmers will give him that same generous patronage he en joyed since he has bean handling fertilizers. Mt. Olive unua Killed Yesterday Jesse Stevens, 7 yens old son of Charlie Steven*, rolored. of Mt Olive, was killed almost instantly about s.x o’clock yesterday after noon when he ran in front of a rar driven by Herman Taylor of Fais Mr Taylor was driving toward Faison when the chi'd ran out on the road near hi« father's filling | station at the southern edge of Mt, ] Olive Hebert Matthews constable at I Mt Olive called Deputy Hoy Per else who look the coroner to the scene of the ncrident when- it was 'earned that the accident was en tirely unavoidable lie child. It was stated, having run into the path of the car with a broom In his hand, Mary Katherine Ball Hurt by Firecracker Mary Katherine Ball, ten year old daughter of Rev W C. Ball, pastor of St Paul Methodist Church. was painfully horned on the neck while going home from school Thursday when a firecraek I er exploded hear her She was gi.c i mcdicr»-'Uentioe She did nol^ know wrw) threw the fire cracked The Goldsboro police de partment issued » warning Friday that the city ordinance banning the explosives from the city would be enforced. The statement said. "If the piece of firecracker had hit the little girl in the eye. it most cer tainly would have destroyed It. and we are going to enforce the law." Food and Fun Characterize Lion Program For Ball Squad Food and fun, but no formalities, chamctenzed the program of the local Lions Club last week when the members hod as their guests the members of the Goldsboro High School football squad The names of players receiving letters were announced, the play ers elected their captains for the coining year, and voted on the WHO IS WHO of the squad. Based on scholarship, personal ity. sportsmanship and dependa bility Ernest Spence was selected as the most valuable player of the past season In a vote for captain for the coming year Speed Ilollowell and John Triece received the same number of votes and were de clared co-captains Dick Dough tery was captain the past year. Monograms were earned the past year by the following play ers. according to announcement at the meeting: Speed Hollowell. Frank Ear four. Thomas Snypes. Joe Pearson. Ernest Spence Bob Dawson, Hubert Thigpen. Thomas Stith. Frank Winn. Red Jernigam James Kannm, damns Crone. Marvin Daughter^. Clifton James. Ernest Proud Claiborne Pate. John Triece. Horace Potter. Dick Daughtery and David Britt, In the fun section of thg program Ernest Spence was voted the player With the biggest feet and he received corn plasters as a prize; James Kantian was selected as the one with the biggest mouth and he was given a pie which he had to cat. on the spot; Dick DaUgll tery was declared the prettiest and given a powder puff; Claiborne Pate was elected the biggest liar and given an almanac so as to be able to chock on himself; Ridly Whitaker wag chosen the biggest baby and given a pacifier which h* had to demonstrate; James Kantian was declared the dumbest and given a set of building blocks; several were selected as the great est lovers: and Billy Whitaker was chosen the slowest; and Bob Daw son the rr.ogt forgetful. This supper for the squad is to be an annual affair with the Lions, it was announced. During the meeting talks were made by President Jock Harrell. Elton Warrick, Coaches R. N. (Jef frey and Johnnie Johnson. SIX'DENTS RETURN Mine* Margaret Smoot and Hel en Smith crime home Tuesday from Westminster Choir School, where they arc studying this year, to soend Christmas at their respec tive homes in Coldseboro. Miss Smith's father Rev A J. Smith, motored to Wilson to meet them CHIPS OfcT THE OLD BLOCK (By MAURICE !,, BLOCK) CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT MON EY CAN’T BUY —The Wag or a Doc's Tall. —The Warm Clasp #f an 014 Frlrnd'i Hand. —The Glad Smile of a Child. —The Knowledge That Christ- | mas Cheer Haa Como U> Someone I. res Fortunate Than Yourself,! i Through Seme Art of Tears. And if they rams to you on . : Christmas morning. yoaTf » “reg- j nlar fellow" no matter how the ! world rales you. Just to show you all I’m not one of those who thiuk of Christmas In i terms of how many prrsentr they | (rl or how siuih eggnog they «ut guzslr or how much they can jub ilate, f'm going to take time out to addrest to the neople of Goldoboro a few seriaut worda. to-wit: U any af yen have over had oc casion to linger In seme of our aax roundJng smaller towns and vil lages or In the countryside In gen oral. jeure boiM to have n»ue»« what a rapt expression eomes •>- I er the facet at U>* InhiMUtta of those placet w^ien (!wj* mention they hare either been off Bra going > to Goldsboro. Have yon overheard them discussing with other* from distant placet at to the bean tie* of Goldsboro, lit merits, the wonder follnsoo of Ito people, it* metropol itan eepeet. It's their town as ranch us onra. What a pride they have in it. How they eajoy coming been Something really gladsome to which to look forward that Satsr day vlalt to Goldsboro or oftonor. It’s troly inspiring to a rltlaeit of Goldsboro. It makes M evan mare pridefol of ear prof fll>- It even reronrile* some of ns to the fact that Its net in oar power to live In seme of the other great metropol ises like New Tork or Philadelphia : or the like. Now if that same pride could be pul to some account; far i Instance, stir within °* the urge i ' (o make our city even more worth- ] while, even greater, e» more and , I wider service to an even greater , i area, to make our city ever more I braullfnl as Messrs. RW *t"y Par ‘ ktr, Chink Rhodes and lulls Hunt have made of It a dream city for Christmas. Let's beautify our lawns, paint our bosses, retrain rars. nuuicy nuiui Dies in ML Olive Funeral services tor Mrs Au brey C Hatch. 36. were conducted from her home in Mt Olive, this County. Friday after noon by Rev .1 I Knight, pastor of the Mt Olive Presbyterian Church, and Rrc W L, Loy, pr.stor of the- Mt. Olive Methodist Church. She died in a Kinston hospital Thursday af ter ni ion following an illness of about six months of internal dis orders. She had taken treatment in a hospital in Wtshineton, D C. and later had undergone an operation in the Kinston hospital. Mrs Hatch was before her mar riage Miss Mary Dixon She is sur vived by her husband and a little daughter. Mary Ann four sinters, Mesdames W J. Roberts. A A Sanderson, ano N. M Hollings worth. of Calypso, and Cameron Pridgen of Warsaw and three brothers James end Henry Dixon of Calypso, and A J. Dixon of Kenans v (lie from soiling the streets, build more public edifices, and useful ones like the Comsmnity Building, edu cate ourselves more thoroughly and oa broader lines Let's stai t the New Year right. In the meantime Merry Christmas to you all. Dr. W. C. Linville Is Honored For Service With Hospital Hospital Head DR W. C UNVILLE New York Writer Says Prince Neufer Is Wonderful Prospect sports writer and swimming au thority for the past IS year*, who covered the Woman's Swimming Association Open AAU swimming meet Sunday, December 20, at New York City. stated that Prince Nufer, the Goldsboro girl who won the 100 yard junior free atyle race, was one of the finest prospects it had been his pleasure to sac com ing up in the swimming world. Other writers spoke of her as an "exceptional prospect" with “wonderful possibilities" and said her time was "amazingly fast." Miss Nufer in covering the distance in 1 10.(5 swam the race in faster GUEST EDITORIAL REV. A J SMITH THE PROPHECY OF CHRISTMAS Concerning the Birth of Ioruk it was said — "All this w-»s done that it might ho fulfilled which was spoken of the Cord." His coming— jH.s life—His death—His eternal living und ex pectancy wait fulfillment of prophecy, but more, they wtc and are a prophecy. Whatever the confusion in men's thinking as to how God speaks, one conviction remains to every heart of faith: namely, thut if and when we hear Him, this? masage must be one of encouragement to men of earth. And in Josus of Nazareth God becomes vocal, and fhe meeage is of friendly helpfulness to human kind. Litt'e wonder that He should have been called Messiah -The looked lor One- The people of all ages, haunted and moved by their se lls' deep need, have longingly looked for what He was and is, and so ' He fulfilled the word of the Lord." But lesus more than fulfills prophecy. Ho becomes the rapturous glory of all prophecy. It is as though the faeble flashes or hope ex pressea in all ages had beer, gathered to gether In one enchanting dawn. What we feel of Friendliness and Hope—• what we express of Joy and well wishing in the glowing warmth of this goldor. season's spirit are but faint tracings of the dawn that shall bo Only two thousands years of His ljqht and lock at the Meeting mists of darkness. "War"' cries someone. Ye%, but such a chorus for peace as the world has never heard— poverty and misery, cries another. Yes, and shame upon as for it, but such a stirring in all peoples to alleviate suffering a3 mankind has never felt before. Babies murdered then by a despotic ruler foal "his of temporal power. Congressmen now wth ears to the ground listening for the mur mur of the people who they fear will unseat them il tlioy fail to vc^e against child labor and for far reaching social legislation- Only two thousand years. "O, Lord how long?" cried the Psalmist. Well, no matter how long. "The mouth of the Lord hath spoken It and it shall bo fulfilled. What is occasional now—a Holy day—by the prophecy of Christmas shall be every day and the order of the day. time mar me southern record tor junior women. New York coach** and officials expressed their preife ar.d hope that Mis* Nufer would continue to work »-»d improve, •n«l listed her ns a d^nite prospect for the 1940 Olympic (tames Kies Nufer whose photograph and record the Herald carried last week won the 100 yard free style race for girls under 14 years of age on the five event meet of the Woman's Swiming Association The race was a handicap affair Miss Nufer re ceived 25 seconds tnd the girls who finished second and third hBd 22 and 21 seconds respectively | Among the contestants was. Miss | Elizabeth Ryan. 13 year old star oi I the WSA and member of the 193t j U. S. Olympic team Miss Nufer or "Prince" as she is affectionately known was back in the city for the Christmas hole days Modest and bewildered ovei the publicity she received for hci feat, she merely said, “I had i swell time on the trip and I wai so scared during the meet 1 didn'1 knew what was happening. Gosh it feels good to be back in Golds boro again “ Prince will continue her train, ing starling Monday at the Coin mur.ity Building pool where sh< works out daily. Jesse Lassiter Kills Himself In LaGrange Section , Lassiter liilt Several Friend 1 Goodbye And Then Went Home An* Shot Self Funeral services tor Jesse Lassi ter. 23, who committed suicide lab , Saturday night, were conductec from the home of hi* father. Steph I »n Lassiter, near LaGrange. twelvi I miles east of Goldsboro, on Sunday afternoon Rev J C. Humble, pas tor of the LaGrange Met hod is Church, was in charge Intermen was in the LaGrange cemetery. , Lassiter walked into Field's stor< nrar LaGrange Satuniav night shook hands with friends. toU them goodby. and said that the; would- iiotyr see him alive again He askeil some of them if the would nerve as palbearers His ac tions were considered as m joke J few minutes later a shot wss heart at his home nearby, and h* wai found dead, having shut himself ii the head with a shotgun. Officer declared an inquest unnecessary He is survived by hi* father, kali step-mother and several brother* Trust*** At R*c*nt M**tbhg Namod a N*w Building k Honor oi Sup«rlnt«nd*at HE HAS SERVED THE HOSPITAL 23 YEARS H* Has Boon SupcuinientWnl 10 Years; Institution Has Shown Fin* Progress Out oi appreciation for his able, long arid loyal service to the State Hospital for the Colored Insane, lo cated at Goldsboro, the trustees of the institution a few days ago named one of the new buildings recently completed in honor of Dr. W C. Linville. superintendent for the past 10 years, and connected wiib the Hospital for 23 years This action of the board has b*am recognized widely as an honor well btstowed Ur Linville was with Urtr Hotjri n.* for two years. 1906 and 1907. af ter which he entered private prac tice where he remained until 1N6, when he returned here aa First Assistant Physician, in which past | tion he served until the death mt Ur W. W. Faison when he ana j elevated to the superintendency. | The institution, the only state: ' supported hospital (or the Color** insane in the country, has had floe development under Dr Linville. It is now one of the largest cokmi insane asylums in the world. When he first came hero there were only 400 patients: when he became superintendent 10 years ago there were 1500 patients: and now there are 2000 The building named for Dr. ta» ville is located near the main building and the criminal inaaasr i building and it is used for the care ' of the male tuberculosis patients | and for the other sick mal* pa I tients I Hospital Grew* j Since Dr Linville became head of the institution the following buildings have been erected: the , Jones. Faison. Criminal Insane. O’Berry, three colony buildings. Blue Building, Feeble Minded building Woman's Building and the Linville Building Most of these new buildings are now in use and those not will be filled with patients as fast as state appropriations permit this. The institution has 140 em ployees 15 or more buildings, be tween 100U *:id 1700 acres of land with tooo acres in cultivation and the other In woods and pasture land. 4 assistant physicians, dentist, business manager. engineer farm er in charge of the farm opera tions. and live stock run in charge . of the fine animals on the farm. 1 The Hospital cares for criminal*, j the insane, the epileptic and the feeble minded. Dr. Linville was born ip For sythe Countv in August of 1JW. Alter completing his training in. 1 the local schools of his community he went to the University of North Carolina where he took His pre medical training, after which he ■ went to the Cnivc’pif" 1 - . ! land where he took his decree in | medicine. , In 1903 he Tetufned to Kernert i ville in Forsythe county and began : the practice of medicine and re mained there for 3 years until he I came to the Hospital here In 1908. ! After two years here he went to Winston-Salem where he remained until he returned here to take up his work in 1915 He is r me-nbe:- of the Wayne County Medical Society’- of the North Carolina Medical Society; of the American Medical Society. He is a member of St. Paul Methodist church and has been a steward in the church for several i year*. i He married, when he was here in 1B0A, Miss Frances Barefoot of i Fayetteville. She died In June at thla yams.
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